We are on our way to Taupo!

Our Ironman journey began with us loading all of our gear into a Maxicab to go to the airport.  2 bike bags, 1 massive suitcase, 1 massive duffel bag, 2 carry on bags and we were on our way after forking over $205 excess baggage talked down from nearly $400...  Yikes!

I must say travelling with all that luggage is not fun, even when you have a strong husband who takes all the heavy and bulky stuff!

Craig and I met up with Faye at the airport and we travelled across the ditch on the same plane.  We found our accommodation in Auckland without too much hassle other than playing 3D tetris with our luggage inside a cab!

We left to find a place where we could get our swim set done.  We were heading across town to a pool when Faye looked up and saw a sign for a gym that said that they had a 25m pool - perfect!  We sweet-talked them down from $20 to $5each to just use their pool facilities.  Noice!  The pool was cold, we purchased some Horley's sports drink and we started our set.  It was just over 2km's, a few efforts, but nothing too taxing.

Just around the corner was a pizza place so we chowed down on some really great pizza, it was turning into a stress free afternoon.

Mum and Dad arrived after dinner and we sat around chatting for a little while before calling it a night.